CVE-2012-5138 Path traversal in n/a

What is CVE-2012-5138?

CVE-2012-5138 is a critical path traversal vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 4 Dec 2012. It can be exploited over the network.

Official description

Google Chrome before 23.0.1271.95 does not properly handle file paths, which has unspecified impact and attack vectors.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-5138?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Google Chrome, Opensuse Opensuse.

How do I fix CVE-2012-5138?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2012-5138 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-5138 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-fmp2-5mxc-mvcf.